RedRider1;1488030 wrote:So what...we've played one of the toughest non conf. schedules in the area forever...and this year we play a big Cleveland team that there is no guarantee of beating and suddenly we're picking on the Little Sisters of the Poor?
Spare me the fake outrage.
If we're lucky enough to beat this team, it's likely they beat 3-5 other D1 or 2 teams and help our cause for playoff points.
Do you also know we're paying this team several thousand dollars to come here (for the benefit of their likely struggling athletic department) AND feeding their team after the game? Not because we have to..but because it's the right thing to do.
Copley starts their season with Cleveland JFK, Akron Firestone & Akron East. Are they not doing the very same thing (three times)?
Outrage? There is no outrage on my part. From what I've read, Lincoln West does not appear to be a strong D1 team at all. In fact, they appear a very weak D1 team. I guess if you can beat them, the " D1" label is all that matters.
The fact that you're paying them, and now John Marshall appears that since they aren't a regularly scheduled school and Orrville would really like to get a "W" on their turf field, so why not a school that is known to be relatively weak? And, they obviously said, "sure, we'll come, but since you need us more than we need you, the contractual agreement is more likely that the requesting school bear the financial burden. There is earlier conversation on this thread about the financial costs of being in the OCC and traveling to Clear Fork, West Holmes, Mansfield, etc., so why would they want to just up and drive from Cleveland and come to play Orrville?
You really ought to think before making statements like that. You aren't talking to rrfan. And so what, what Copley does it...who's talking about Copley?
Regarding "feeding", I believe most schools do that also!
